From the Book - Fifth edition.
1. Introduction : Two Worlds Collide
The Setting : Ottoman Palestine Before World War I
2. The Jewish Story to 1914 : A Fossilized Relic?
Herzl and the Second Aliyah
3. The Arab Story to 1914
Palestine and Palestinism
The Debut of Arab Nationalism
4. The Emergence of Israel, 1914-1967
The War of Independence/An-Nakba : the Second Stage of the Conflict
5. The Re-emergence of the Palestinians, 1967-1988
The War that No One Wanted?
The Peculiar Legacy of 1967
The Decade of Sadat : Entering the Third Stage of the Conflict
Shaking Things Up : the First Intifada
6. The First Pass at Peace, 1988-2001 : The Oslo Breakthrough
7. The Fourth Stage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2001-2009
The End of the Arafat Era
Israel Turns to Unilateralism
A Turning Point : Ideology Prevails
8. The Downward Spiral Since 2009
Palestinian Unilateralism
Third Round in Gaza : the Gap Widens
International Dimensions : Shifting Sands
Divided Voices, Palestinian and Israeli
9. The Impasse that Remains
The End of the Two-state Solution? ; Territory and Settlements ; Jerusalem ; Security Issues
Building Foundations : Extremists and Illusions
